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Mythical lyrist
Answer for the clue "Mythical lyrist ", 5 letters:
erato
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
muse who presided over lyric poetry, literally "the Lovely," from Greek erastos "loved, beloved; lovely, charming," verbal adjective of eran "to love, to be in love with" (see Eros ).
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
In Greek mythology , Erato is one of the Greek Muses . The name would mean "desired" or "lovely", if derived from the same root as Eros , as Apollonius of Rhodes playfully suggested in the invocation to Erato that begins Book III of his Argonautica . thumb|left|100px|Erato ...
Usage examples of erato.
White hand Eunica, proud Dynamene,Ioyous Thalia, goodly Amphitrite,Louely Pasithee, kinde Eulimene,Lifht goote Cymothoe, and sweete Melite,Fairest Pherusa, Phao lilly white,Wondred Agaue, Poris, and Nesæa,With Erato that doth in loue delite,And Panopæ, and wise Protomedæa,And snowy neckd Doris, and milkewhite Galathæa.